Why do drunk drivers think they are still fit?

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## Alcohol impairs the brain’s ability to judge its own impairment, so intoxicated drivers often feel fit even as driving performance worsens.

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When ethanol enters the body, it is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and transported to the brain, where it interferes with judgment, reaction time, and decision-making. A key danger is that alcohol can make people genuinely believe they are still functioning normally, even when their reaction time, peripheral vision, and overall judgment have already started to deteriorate. This mismatch is reinforced by how alcohol affects brain chemicals that control alertness and cognitive processing.

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